textbook example

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textbook
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtekst.bʊk/us
/ˈtekst.bʊk/
a book that contains detailed information about a subject for people who are studying ...
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example
noun[C]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɑːm.pəl/us
/ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/
something that is typical of the group of things that it is a ...
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(Definition oftextbookandexamplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The best-knowntextbookexampleis probably the cobweb market equilibrium model or "hog cycle" model with a one-period production lag.
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This is atextbookexampleof an external factor selecting a rare gene because it confers significant survival benefits, thus increasing its frequency within the population.
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To illustrate our general results, we have then specialized to thetextbookexampleof longitudinal fluctuations in a pure-electron equilibrium plasma.
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When this happens it will be yet anothertextbookexampleof the fundamental power of genetics for the understanding of complex biological processes.
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None of them came into being by following atextbookexample.
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One could hardly have a clearertextbookexampleof the operation of a cartel.
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In addition, yesterday we saw atextbookexampleof possible conflicts.
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Allow me to illustrate this with atextbookexample.
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It is atextbookexampleof the verbosity that surrounds complete ignorance.
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This case is an interestingtextbookexampleof how the new procedures work.
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It is almost atextbookexample.
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It contained atextbookexampleof exactly how to lose one year's profits, which came to be quoted in many learned textbooks.
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As atextbookexampleof the mutual interests of an outraged group and the media, it cannot be faulted.
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It was atextbookexampleof legislation conceived as a result of a public outcry which was prepared in haste and amended on the hoof.
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Atextbookexamplewould be a house built on an oddly-shaped lot.
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Production of public goods are atextbookexampleof production that create positive externalities.
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Productive processes that result in pollution are atextbookexampleof production that creates negative externalities.
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As such, the genus is considered to be atextbookexampleof insular dwarfism.
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Thetextbookexampleof a periodic motion is the undamped pendulum.
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It was also describe as atextbookexampleof a battalion attack.
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